One of the most successful and prolific authors of crime fiction, Georges Simenon is best known as the creator of Jules Maigret, one of the genre's most entertaining sleuths. In this British series from 1992, celebrated character actor Michael Gambon brings Maigret to brilliant life. Equipped with rigorous logic, uncanny judgment of character, and his signature pipe and fedora, Maigret travels from the alleyways of Montmartre to the villages of rural Provence to solve the most complex and bewildering crimes in France. This four-disc collection contains all 12 episodes of the series and features such notable costars as Minnie Driver, Brenda Blethyn, and Michael Sheen.